In a sarcastic response, PKR secretary general Saifuddin Nasution today defended his boss Anwar Ibrahim against former finance minister Daim Zainuddin by listing the PKR de facto leader's "weaknesses".

 

"Yes, I agree with Daim that Anwar is 'weak' as after 17 years in government, none of his children are in the list of the top 10 richest people in Malaysia.

 

"He is also weak as he failed to amass wealth like Daim. It is tough for me to forgive Anwar for this weakness," he said.

 

Saifuddin ( right ) added that Anwar was also a 'weak' finance minister as he had then paid off national debts ahead of schedule and avoided debt build up and a wide deficit. 

 

In an interview with Kinibiz published yesterday, Daim, who is also a successful corporate figure said Anwar is weak as he never achieved anything while in government.

 

He also said that Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak had similarly failed to provide national leadership.